1. Education Law The 504 Plan

5. Today's Goals Understand what is at stake Understand why some children don’t do, and can’t do their homework Learn what to seek in a 504 plan

6. The Homework Debate The Worldwide Homework Debate Your Child’s Time is Now

7. The Cumulative Effects

12. The Life Span Problem Good News – Works with hands – Social skills – Good moral values Bad News – Drugs and alcohol – Sexual acting out – Criminal behavior – General lack of skills

13. The Three Primary Issues The Myth of Motivation How Homework Pressure Affects the Child How Homework Pressure Affects the Parent

14. Myth of Motivation Why doesn’t the child do his or her homework? – Lack of interest – Lack of skill An object is launched at 19.6 meters per second (m/s) from a 58.8-meter tall platform. The equation for the object's height s at time t seconds after launch is s(t) = –4.9t2 + 19.6t + 58.8, where s is in meters. When does the object strike the ground?

15. The Learning Problems Working memory (paying attention) Processing speed (handwriting and reading) Others

16. Time School day is bound by the clock Work day is bound by the clock Homework day is bound by the assignment

17. Understanding What Constant Pressure Does

18. Negative Associations VOMIT SEX

19. HOMEWORK

20. Punishment and Reward What is a good punishment? One that works And does not need to be done again

21. What do repeated penalties teach? Lying Forgetting Procrastinating Misplacing Arguing The homework trapped child learns to do anything but the homework.

22. Maturation and Modeling ● Your child will grow up according to a common developmental sequence. ● Your child will look for other to model behaviors. ● Homework pressures alter the paths these processes take.

23. Organizational Factors

24. Student as Employee

26. Family and School Systems

28. Family and School Systems Gone Awry

30. The Common 504 Plan Preferential Seating More time A restatement of good teaching practices

31. Your 504 Plan Time bound homework Penalty reductions Parents have the final say at home In Middle School and High School – A Study Skills Teacher and Class

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